amplify #27 - Seán Doherty on composing for choir and choral conductor Orla Flanagan on her work with the Mornington Singers

Episode 27 of CMC’s podcast ‘amplify’ features a special episode produced for this year’s City of Derry International Choir Festival. Derry-born composer Seán Doherty talks to Evonne Ferguson about his background in choral singing and composing for choir, and conductor Orla Flanagan talks to Jonathan Grimes about her work with the Mornington Singers and Irish composers.

Show Notes

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• City of Derry International Choir Festival
  • 2020 Festival podcast series
• Séan Doherty
  • cmc.ie/composers/sean-doherty
  • seandohertymusic.com
  • New Dublin Voices
  • Laetare Vocal Ensemble
• Orla Flanagan
  • Mornington Singers

Music

• Rhona Clarke - Regina Caeli (Mornington Singers)

Seán Doherty

• Blessed be that Maid Marie (New Dublin Voices)
• Snow Dance for the Dead (New Dublin Voices)
• A Nywe Werk (New Dublin Voices)
• Ghost Song (Laetare Vocal Ensemble)
• This Endless Night (New Dublin Voices)
• Khuluma isintu (Speak to the People)

Orla Flanagan

• Eoin Mulvany - Is úar Geimred (Mornington Singers)
• Caitríona Ní Dhubhghaill - Is naofa thú (Mornington Singers)
• Evangelia Rigaki - The Pregnant Box (Mornington Singers)
• John Buckley - Lux Aeterna (Mornington Singers)
• John Buckley - To the Northeast: Harbour Song (Mornington Singers)
• Seán Doherty - Under-Song (Mornington Singers)
• Colin Mawby - Alleluia, Christus Resurrexit (Mornington Singers)
• Rhona Clarke - Regina Caeli (Mornington Singers)
• Frank Corcoran - Caoine (Mornington Singers)
• Gráinne Mulvey - Dead Earth (Milltown Chamber Choir)
• Eoin Mulvany - Is úar Geimred (Mornington Singers)